Compensation for damage/distress springs to mind
Gail
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> Sent: 19 July 2000 14:06
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> Subject: Exam Results
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> A real life example I'd appreciate views on from a few days ago:
>
> A college posts the candidate numbers of those who have passed the course.
> The statement is that if you are not on the list you have failed or you
> owe
> money for fees or library fines. Every student has a list of all the
> candidate numbers.
>
> A student's husband goes to look at the list on the Friday, she is not
> listed. The Admin offices and Exam Offices are shut. Phone calls are made
> and messages left on answerphones. There is no explanation forthcoming as
> to
> whether the student has failed or owes money.
>
> Eventually, on the Tuesday night, 10pm, the professor phones the student
> at
> home to admit that she'd had problems with the computer and had missed her
> off the list as her surname was the last in the alphabetical list.
>
> Andrew Fogden
> Global IT Security & Data Protection Officer
> The British Council
> London
>
> +44 (0) 20 7389 4148
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